In this deeply inspiring conversation, I sit down with Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer of VaynerX and author of Be Yourself at Work, to explore what it really means to show up authentically. And here’s the truth we uncover together: the same emotional intelligence that makes you successful at work is the exact skillset that creates healthy, lasting love.
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In this powerful conversation, Bela Gandhi of Smart Dating Academy sits down with renowned neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf to unpack how your thoughts, beliefs, and mental habits are directly shaping your dating life.
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In this eye-opening episode, Bela Gandhi sits down with renowned relationship expert Alison Armstrong, author of Making Sense of Men, to unpack one of the most misunderstood dynamics in dating: how men and women truly think, communicate, and connect.
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In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Smart Dating Academy founder Bela Gandhi sits down with Dr. Michelle Roberts, therapist, former client, and now a true success story, to share how she went from helping others heal from toxic relationships to finally finding healthy, lasting love herself.
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In this episode of the Smart Dating Academy Podcast, Bela Gandhi sits down with Certified Divorce and Co-Parenting Specialist, bestselling author, educator for divorce coaches, and top 1% podcaster Michelle Dempsey-Multack to talk about what it really takes to find love again after divorce.
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In this powerful and deeply insightful conversation, Bela Gandhi sits down with renowned relationship coach Stephan Labossiere of Stephan Speaks to unpack what really gets in the way of finding healthy, lasting love.
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In this powerful episode of the Smart Dating Academy Podcast, I sit down with employment attorney, negotiation expert, and author Kristen Prinz to unpack one of the most overlooked dating skills: negotiation in relationships.
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In this powerful and honest conversation, Bela Gandhi sits down with content creator, author, and mental health advocate Kelsey Darragh to talk about what really happens when you do the inner work… and then try to date.
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In this powerful conversation, Bela Gandhi sits down with relationship expert and psychotherapist Terri Cole to unpack the real reason so many high-achieving, successful people struggle to find lasting love.
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In this deeply powerful episode of the Smart Dating Academy Podcast, Bela Gandhi sits down with relationship expert Robin Ducharme, founder of Real Love Ready, to unpack the real skills behind lasting love, emotional availability, and healing from unhealthy relationship patterns.
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In this episode, Smart Dating Academy founder Bela Gandhi shares the mindset shifts and strategies that help singles successfully navigate dating after 50, dating after divorce, and online dating in midlife.
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In this deeply insightful conversation, Bela Gandhi sits down with the magnificent Dr. Amanda Hanson (the Midlife Muse on Instagram) to explore the hidden self-worth patterns that quietly sabotage love, especially for high-achieving women and men who are successful in life but struggling to find emotionally available partners.
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In this powerful conversation, relationship coach Bela Gandhi sits down with therapist Kevin Mimms to unpack dating anxiety, emotional availability, and how high-achieving professionals can regulate their nervous systems to build healthy relationships.
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In this episode of the Smart Dating Academy Podcast, I sit down with Laura Day, intuitive teacher and author of Prism: Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future, to talk about what it really means to heal emotionally and how that healing shapes every relationship we create.
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In this powerful episode of the Smart Dating Academy Podcast, Bela Gandhi shares Elayne’s dating journey, a story that resonates deeply with high-achieving women and men who want to find love without settling.
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Dating doesn’t come with a manual, but when you learn the right tools, everything changes. In this powerful episode, Bela Gandhi sits down with Smart Dating Academy client Monica Campbell, who opens up about her transformation from dating burnout to finding a healthy, reciprocal, emotionally available partner.
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In this inspiring episode, Bela talks with Smart Dating Academy client Jeannette, who rebuilt her life after the end of a 30 year marriage.
She opens up about grief, raising five children, losing a child, divorce, and what it took to heal and find herself again.
What would you do if dating apps just weren’t cutting it anymore?
When Lisa Catalano decided to rent a billboard to find her husband, the world took notice. Bela, as ABC News' Relationship Expert, was asked to appear on "Nightline" to talk about Lisa's bold moves, and Bela & Lisa immediately hit it off :) In this inspiring conversation, Bela Gandhi, founder of Smart Dating Academy, sits down with Lisa to unpack what led to this bold move, the unexpected reactions she received (including 3,800 applications to become her husband), and what it is teaching her about confidence, vulnerability, and real-world dating in 2025.